Walkringen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are scattered Bronze Age artifacts were found throughout the Walkringenmoos (Walkringen Bog).

Other ancient artifacts include Roman era bricks and medieval fortification.

Earthen fortifications have been found on the Adlisberg, in Wikartswil, in Bigenthal and at Jegerleenscheuer, indicating that one or several local noble families ruled over the area.

The three villages that today make up Walkringen have been combined and split up throughout their history.

In the 13th century, the Lords of Kien ruled over Walkringen, Wikartswil and Bigenthal along with the village church.

However, in 1398 Verena von Seedorf gave Walkringen village and the church to Thorberg Abbey.

The three villages remained separated until the 19th century, when they merged into a single political municipality.

In 1507, the Bernese administration built a toll station in the village to collect money from this route.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Walkringen's location on the road helped turn it into a center of the canvas weaving industry.

It consists of the villages of Walkringen, Bigenthal and Wikartswil and the hamlets of Schwendi and Wydimatt as well as scattered farm houses.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry dancetty of six Gules and Argent.

[9] There were 1,007 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 76 or 17.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 21 or 4.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 46 or 10.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 1.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 3.5% were in education and 241 or 56.7% were in health care.

The greatest number of workers, 231, made between 50 and 75 thousand CHF per year.

[20] From the 2000 census[update], 1,576 or 80.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 109 or 5.6% were Roman Catholic.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.